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Drug
and alcohol services |
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Reforms to the delivery of drug and alcohol
treatment will ensure services are better focused on local need
and achieving results, Fergus Ewing said on Wednesday [Scottish
Government, UK] |
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Doctors
tell of huge human cost of chronic alcohol abuse in Scotland |
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The medics told of teenagers in intensive care
with alcohol poisoning and patients who thought it was their "national
duty" to get drunk [The Scotsman, UK] |
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Women
buy wine - eight out of ten bottles, survey finds |
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Alcohol awareness charities said they were
worried by the fact that so many women were choosing to "put
their heads in the sand" about the long-term health risks
of alcohol [Guardian, UK] |
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The
Anatomy of Abandonment |
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The stress-disordered mind is constantly poised
for war. Just a hairline trigger has it reacting to vivid productions
of movie-memory rather than the real world of here and now events.
Once triggered, the dominos begin to fall… But there is
nothing to fight except our own inner demons [GuyinGHo Blog,
Wired In] |
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Echoes
of seminar with Bill White |
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After a week, I have forgotten a lot, but some
things will always be there. Such as these: … “We
should ask: how can we ground recovery in the natural environment
of people using drugs?” “The current treatment system
is recycling people at large cost with minimum effect” [Pavel
Nepustil Blog, Wired In] |
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UK
Recovery Forum and Leadership? |
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My dream is that we will leave a legacy for
our children of Recovery Communities… I think Bill White
said that it might take seven years to build a recovery community
from scratch – so we’d better get started [Mark Gilman
Blog, Wired In] |
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Cyber
services for drug prevention and treatment |
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Teuvo Peltoniemi’s presentation to the
UN from a few weeks ago [Drug Education News, UK] |
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Alcohol
and Drugs to be joined in a National Substance Misuse Strategy
- Curran |
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Details regarding the new approach will be
discussed over the coming weeks in the context of completing
a National Substance Misuse Strategy [Department of Community
Rural and Gaeltacht Afairs, Ireland] |
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Minister
for Health and Children announces ban on stimulant drug, BZP |
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The Minister for Health & Children, Mary
Harney TD, announced on Tuesday 31 March that 1-benzylpiperazine
(BZP) has now been declared a controlled drug under the Misuse
of Drugs Act 1977 and that its possession or sale is now a criminal
offence [Department of Health and Children, Ireland] |
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Bulldog:"Get
Mad, Get Smart and Get Even." |
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The Bulldog has had enough; he had to sit through
yet another tedious discussion of the infamous "S" and
I don't mean the sex word Stigma [SoberBulldog.com] |
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New
York's Rockefeller Drug Laws |
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Nelson Rockefeller, a liberal-leaning Republican
who was said to have had presidential aspirations, created the
Narcotic Addiction and Control Commission in 1967, aimed at helping
addicts get clean [TIME, USA] |
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Seattle
police chief seeks Senate OK as drug czar |
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Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday
that as national drug czar, he would take a balanced, science-based
approach to the job [Associated Presss, USA] |
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Methadone-Associated
Overdose Deaths |
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Factors Contributing to Increased Deaths and
Efforts to Prevent Them. 55-page PDF [GAO, USA] |
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Rethinking
Drinking |
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For anyone who drinks, this site offers valuable,
research-based information [NIAAA, USA] |
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Tobacco
tax rise for US smokers |
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The largest-ever single increase in US federal
taxes on cigarettes has taken effect, almost tripling the tax
on a packet to more than $1 [BBC, UK] |
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Senate
OKs $550M to fight drugs, guns along border |
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The Senate has approved a $550 million package
aimed at curbing the flow of drugs, guns and money between the
United States and Mexico [USA Today] |
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As
Mexico battles cartels, army becomes law |
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Retired soldiers tapped to run police forces
[MSNBC, USA] |
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Alcohol's
sporting impact |
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Studies have revealed that it can take more
than 60 hours to recover physically from a few drinks after training
[Daily Telegraph, Australia] |
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Alcopops
bill to have one last run |
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anberra has left the door open to a second
attempt at passing its failed alcopops bill through parliament
to repair its battered budget and curb binge drinking [The Austarlian] |
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Drug
Addiction: What’s the Role of Family and Society? |
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Fighting addiction needs collective attention
and action. It’s not about governments and drug dealers
only. It’s a system that includes the whole society [Islam
Online] |
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